4.2.3 bigintmat type cast

Syntax:

bigintmat ( expression )

Type:

bigintmat

Purpose:

Converts expression to a bigintmat, where expression must be of type intmat, or bigintmat.The size (resp. dimension) of the created bigintmat equals the size (resp. dimension) of the expression.

Example:

intmat im[2][1]=2, 3; bigintmat(im); ==> 2, ==> 3 bigintmat(_); ==> 2, ==> 3 bigintmat(intmat(intvec(1,2,3,4), 2, 2)); //casts at first to intmat, then to bigintmat ==> 1,2, ==> 3,4